Sony Ericsson today announced that it’s new Xperia PLAY (a.k.a the PlayStation Phone), the world’s first PlayStation Certified smartphone, will be available on the Verizon Wireless Network in the Spring 2011.

The Xperia PLAY is powered by the latest version of the Android platform (Gingerbread version 2.3). Xperia PLAY will provide a best-in-class gaming experience right out of the box with many of the most popular games pre-loaded, including Asphalt Adrenaline 6, Bruce Lee, Star Battalion, The Sims 3, and Tetris. More than 50 additional titles from top franchises at leading game publishers will be available for purchase at launch.

Dedicated gaming controls for real console quality game play, including

four-way directional keys, recognizable ABCD keys with PlayStation

iconography, left/right shoulder keys and two analog touch inputs for

joystick action

4-inch brilliant multi-touch display

5.0 megapixel camera

Facebook users can enter the First2Play contest and could be one of the first 10 people to get the Xperia PLAY by visiting http://www.facebook.com/SEUSA. Who’s going to pick this up, I mean by phone standards it’s not a bad phone, the camera is a little weak but not a bad phone.

I am the Co-Ceo of DLT Digital Media. We are a company that is focused on developing new and innovative web properties in addition to developing WordPress based web sites for others. But before I was all that, I was a gamer.